Protest against power outages

June 16, 2014 - 8:43:23 am

An acitivist of Congress party throws an earthen pot next to the burning effigies representing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi’s former chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal during a protest against power cuts and water problems, in New Delhi, yesterday. Swathes of north India are sweltering under the longest heat wave on record, triggering widespread breakdowns in the supply of electricity and increasingly angry protests over the government’s failure to provide people with basic services.